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Fashion Plate Collection

Owning Institution: Los Angeles Public Library

About this Collection

Over 6,200 hand-colored, finely detailed fashion illustrations produced between 1780 and 1880 for British and American fashion magazines. The plates depict fashionable styles of dress for men, women and children, and constitute valuable source material on the history of dress during this period in history. View this collection on the contributor's website.

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Type of Item

6,203 items found in this collection

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